NSU women lose 71-62

SPORTS

December 13, 2010

SIOUX FALLS - After grabbing its first lead of the game with under four minutes to go, the Northern State women's basketball team was out-scored 14-4 by Augustana College down the stretch and lost the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest 71-62 on Sunday.

NSU's Mikayla Barondeau made a pair of free throws to give the Wolves a 59-58 lead with three minutes and 56 seconds, their first lead of the afternoon. Augustana's Tessa Wilka scored six points down the stretch and Alex Feeney hit a three-pointer with 2:40 left to beat the shot clock to push the Vikings' lead to 64-58. Wilka added another three-pointer and Megan Doyle made three-of-four free throws in the waning seconds to help secure the win for Augustana.

They hit some shots and they did what they needed to do to win and we didn't, Northern State coach Curt Fredrickson said.

After the Wolves grabbed their one-point lead, they committed four turnovers in the closing moments.

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We can't throw the ball away and travel when the game is on the line and expect to win, Fredrickson said. Turnovers were the key the last four minutes.

The Vikings stormed out to a 13-0 lead to start the game. The Wolves cut the lead down to two points on three different occasions in the first half. Northern State trailed 37-32 at halftime.

The Wolves tie the game at 37-37 four minutes into the second half. The Vikings went scoreless the first 4 minutes of the second half.

I really felt we had them on the ropes a little bit, Fredrickson said. We did a lot better job defensively in the second half.

After the score was tied again at 47-47, the Wolves went on a 11-10 run to grab their 58-57 lead. Then the Vikings closed the game on their 14-4 spurt.

It was the Wolves second game against a ranked opponent. Augustana is ranked 19th, while they also lost at No. 13 Wayne State on Saturday.

We got the toughest road trip of the year out of the way for us, Fredrickson said.